Improvement in whip-socket clasps



A. WORDEN.

Whi p#Socket Clasp.

Patented Sept. 27 1870.

ALVA WORDEN, OF YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN.

MPROVEMENT IN WHIP-SOCKETCLASPS.

Specification forming part f Letters Patent N 0. 107,845, dated September 27, 1870.

T0 al! whom it mopg concern:

Be it known that I, ALVA WORDEN, of the city of Ypsilanti, in the county 0 Washtenaw and State of Michigan, have invented a new article of manufactureto wit, aWhip-S0cket Clasp; and. I de hereby declare that the fol- --lowing is a full, clear, and. exact description thereof, reference being had to-the accompanying drawing making Part efthis specification',

Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a whipholder having tw of my improved clasps applied to it, Fg-- 2 isa perspective view of the 1 1 clasp. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the clasp, enlarged, and riveted to one of the 1 jaws of the whip soeket or helder.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre- 1 sponding parts in the three figures. 'lhis invention relates to. an improvement on-the construction of these parts of the whipholder shown in my Letters Patent numbered 77,233 whch are denoininated clasps, and Which are designed '0r scuring the whipholder to the frame of the dash-board of a ve- Hitherto the main pcrtion of the clasps has IJbeen cast with one of the jaws of the whip- -;holder, and as this plan is attended with,sew era1 objections, I have inventeda claspwhich is complete in itself, and may be conveniently -fastened te different kinds of whip-holdersor -sockers, particularly such as are made of sheet metal,and which, of course, could not have the clasps cast onthem.

The follo wing descriptionwill enable others skil1ed in the art tounderstand my imprcved yarticle of manfacture.

In the accompanyihg draWing, a represents 1 ene jaw of the clasp, which isconstructed with lugs a/ a, a c01'1cave surface, 6, a concave surface, f, and also witl1a jrivet-pin, g.-

In eombinatioi1 With this jaw a,. a jaw er cap,

1), is employed,which presents a concave sur-' face, f, and tw0 perforated 1ugs, b 12. The rivet-pin is cast on the jaw a, in the center of the concave surface 6, and is intended t0 serve as the means f0r securing the jaw a permanently to the whipholder, as sh0wn in Fig. 3.

If the whipholder is made of castmetal, a

rivet-hole is formed in it, either while casting it or by drilling; but if the bolder is made of sheet metal, the rivet-hole is formed by a punch. The rvet-pin gis then inserted through the rivet-hole, and the end of this pin hammered down, so as to form a rivet-head, and thus unit-e thejaw firmly to the whip-holder.

Instead of casting the rivet-pin g en the jaw, the same object is ebtained by having a hole through the j aw a, and usin g a separatelyformed rivet f0r securing it to the whip-holder. The best and simplest method is to have the rivet audits jaw of one piece, as shown in the drawing, and I prefer for this reason t0 acl0pt this method.

It will be seen from the above description that I am enabled 130 apply the clasp t0 whipholders which are made of sheet metal, as well as te these which are made of cast metal, and this I de by making the parts a separate from the whip-sockets, and so constructing these jaws that they possess the capability of attachment, as above set fcrth.

Having descrbed 1ny invention I claim- As a new article of manufacture, the whipholder clasp a g I), made separate from the socket, as herein set forth.

ALVA WORDEN.

Witriesses:

J. N. AMPBELL, EDM. F. BROWN. 

